MY 25 X 47 LAPUA BUILD & LOAD WORK-UP

[Alex Wheeler]

Then is your "go to" a 1.5° or is it one of those proprietary things where if you told me you'd have to kill me deals? J/K and if you don't want to say I understand just curious is all.

1.5

 

[kyotekiller25]

Is this a single shot? I noticed the length is over 2.8" or do you have an extended mag box in there?

 

[Bill Norris]

Is this a single shot? I noticed the length is over 2.8" or do you have an extended mag box in there?

Oh yea this is a BR rifle.

 

[kyotekiller25]

Gotcha! Sweet rig and it shoots! What's it weigh?

 

[Bill Norris]

Gotcha! Sweet rig and it shoots! What's it weigh?

WOW Just weighed it. 17 lbs. 3 oz. as it sits. Yea, I'm certainly pleased with it. Very easy to tune with that 135 gr. Berger LRHT.

 

[kyotekiller25]

Perfect!

 

[Sandstorm]

Bill i got your distant cousin here in 6.5x47...and yea they shoot pretty fair too.

 

[Bill Norris]

Oh yea that 6.5 is a shooter as well as the 6mm. Many years ago I owned the 6 x 47 and it gave me the tightest group at long distance - 600 yds. I ever shot at just under 1 inch.

 

[Bill Norris]

Bill i got your distant cousin here in 6.5x47...and yea they shoot pretty fair too.
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Just noticed your stock looks identical to mine on my 260AI.

 

[Sandstorm]

A Tooley MBR...sexy as hell I think.

 

[Bill Norris]

Yep looks very nice.

 

[Carl S]

I think it would be good on deer Bill.
maybe I should spin one up for the
Defiance and try it on some Sika in
Scotland.

 

[Bill Norris]

I think it would be good on deer Bill.
maybe I should spin one up for the
Defiance and try it on some Sika in
Scotland.

Yes Sir, I have already asked my builder to re-barrel my Hunter Model 7 to it in a 1 - 10 Tw. barrel. Planning to try the 110 gr. Nosler Accu-bond on deer back here in the swamp. A friend has already worked up a load for that bullet and H-4350 @ M V 3100 fps +.

 

[troupe]

Bill, with the accuracy you are getting, the big skeeters sound like better targets.

 

[Bill Norris]

Bill, with the accuracy you are getting, the big skeeters sound like better targets.

Yea, I'm thinking very seriously about going back there one evening with my rifle and sitting in the blind to see if one might pitch close by.

 

[Bill Norris]

Well, just realized I have a bad batch of these Sierra 131 gr. MK bullets. Should have measured this before I started loading but I measured from base to tip. Was checking to see if my lands had moved back with the Wheeler Method and saw shorter numbers than I originally saw up front. Deductive reasoning says that my chamber is not shrinking so I started looking elsewhere. Measured 20 bullets that I was about to load and realized the variance was a whopping .010 from base to ogive over the 20 count. Seating bullets measuring from case base to ogive with Sinclair tool but unfortunately that will not correct the issue. Stopping with this bullet and going to Berger 135 gr. LRHT.

** UPDATE ON THESE **
Sierra sent an e-mail saying they are replacing these with NEW all same lot # bullets. Apparently they were able to find an issue as well. Probably will go back and re-test at some point.

 

[357Mag]

** UPDATE ON THESE **
Sierra sent an e-mail saying they are replacing these with NEW all same lot # bullets. Apparently they were able to find an issue as well. Probably will go back and re-test at some point.

Bill -

Howdy !

Glad you received a positive response back from Sierra !

That Model 7 1-10 project reminds me of the “ Red Butt “ M-77 .250-3000 I had.
Sounds like another great project !

Keep it comin’ !


With regards,
357Mag

 

[Bill Norris]

Yes Sir will do.

 

[JFrank]

Bill i got your distant cousin here in 6.5x47...and yea they shoot pretty fair too.
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That one looks familiar .

 

[Sandstorm]

Yup...Jim...they sure look good.
I think the MBR just has the best lines.....especially with a BCz job on it.